Meanings
alternative noun lipsync · alternative noun lipsynch
- uncountablesingingentertainmentThe synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.
present singular third person lip syncs · participle present lip syncing · participle present lip synching · participle past lip synced · past lip synced · participle past lip synched · past lip synched · alternative noun lipsync · alternative noun lipsynch
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of their speech
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 咪嘴
- 咪嘴 (mai¹ zeoi²)synchronization of music with lips
Chinese Mandarin 假唱
- 假唱 (jiǎchàng)synchronization of music with lips
Czech playback
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
Dutch playback
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
Finnish huulisynkronointi
- huulisynkronointisynchronization of music with lips
French surjeu, playback
- surjeusynchronization of music with lips
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
- play-backsynchronization of music with lips
German Lippensynchronisation
- Lippensynchronisationsynchronization of music with lips
Hebrew לִיפּ סִינְק
- לִיפּ סִינְקsynchronization of music with lips
Italian playback, play-back
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
- play-backsynchronization of music with lips
Japanese 口パク, リップシンク
- 口パク (kuchi-paku)synchronization of music with lips
- リップシンク (rippushinku)synchronization of music with lips
Korean 립싱크
- 립싱크 (ripsingkeu)synchronization of music with lips
Norwegian leppesynkronisere
- leppesynkroniseresynchronization of music with lips
Persian لب زنی, لبزنی
- لب زنیsynchronization of music with lips
- لبزنی (lab-zani)synchronization of music with lips
Polish playback
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
Portuguese playback
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
Romanian play-back
- play-backsynchronization of music with lips
Russian исполне́ние под фоногра́мму, липси́нк
- исполне́ние под фоногра́мму (ispolnénije pod fonográmmu)synchronization of music with lips
- липси́нк (lipsínk)synchronization of music with lips
Slovak playback, plejbek
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
- plejbeksynchronization of music with lips
Spanish playback (pléibak), sincronización labial
- playback (pléibak)synchronization of music with lips
- sincronización labialsynchronization of music with lips
- fonomímicasynchronization of music with lips
Swedish läppsynk, playback
- läppsynksynchronization of music with lips
- playbacksynchronization of music with lips
Turkish pleybek
- pleybeksynchronization of music with lips
Ukrainian викона́ння під фоногра́му
- викона́ння під фоногра́му (vykonánnja pid fonohrámu)synchronization of music with lips
Vietnamese nhép môi
- nhép môisynchronization of music with lips
Cite this entry
lip sync. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lip%20sync
“lip sync.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lip%20sync. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lip sync,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lip%20sync.
Source: lip sync on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.